A few days ago
Sue

How many words to express surprise in oral English? What are they?

How many words to express surprise in oral English? What are they?

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A few days ago
ghouly05

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Astonish suggests overwhelming surprise: The sight of such an enormous crowd astonished us.

Amaze implies astonishment and often bewilderment: The violinist’s virtuosity has amazed audiences all over the world.

Astound connotes shock, as from something unprecedented in one’s experience: We were astounded at the beauty of the mountains.

Dumbfound adds to astound the suggestion of perplexity and often speechlessness: His question dumbfounded me, and I could not respond.

Flabbergast is used as a more colorful equivalent of astound, astonish, or amaze: “The aldermen … were … flabbergasted; they were speechless from bewilderment” (Benjamin Disraeli).

Also, in speaking, you could express surprise by such phrases as Oh, Oh My, Oh Dear, Wow, Holy Cow (or other phrases using holy like Holy Moley, Holy Mackerel, etc), Eek, and a bunch of others.

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4 years ago
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Words To Express Surprise
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A few days ago
Sittle
Oh!

Really!

What!

And!

Why!

New!

You just need to add an exclamation mark to a word to make it express surprise….

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A few days ago
Anonymous
well… usually people use body language and make ‘aaah’ sounds, or use expletives. so, no real words
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A few days ago
burning brightly
amazed astounded unexpected
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A few days ago
kahlan nynaeve®
here are some that i know:

whoa!

aha!

hey!

oh!

ahoy!

alas!

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A few days ago
Manz
stun

amaze

flabbergast

astonish

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